Early years provision and personal development, behaviour and welfare are good according to the report. But all other areas need to get better.

For the nine years since the school opened just behind the parish church in the town centre it has had good reports.

What the school needs to improve on

The teaching does not meet the needs of pupils closely enough. The report states that “leaders have not been rigorous in tracking pupils’ progress to identify those pupils not achieving as well as they could. Systems in place to provide additional support are not evaluated precisely to ensure that all groups of pupils, including disadvantaged and the most able, are making good progress.”

It will need to ensure pupils reach the set standards by the time they leave and working closely with pupils’ different needs and abilities.

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Head teacher Wendy Turner said: “Needs improvement is the new 'satisfactory'. Within a year we will have made the adjustments they suggest. Parents have been very supportive after the report.

“The new standards are very high and we are very rigorous in our work and focused on children from disadvantaged groups.

“One of the areas we need to improve on is writing. To do this we will match work closely to pupils’ different needs and abilities, especially for the most able and disadvantaged pupils. We have already started to implement improvement strategies through our daily ‘Read, Write, Inc.’ lessons.”